FAQ Directory

For MY 2021 PLD submissions, include only data for the Total age band. This must align with the summary Total data reported in IDSS.

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

Per General Guideline 32, there are two ways to apply exclusions after samples have been pulled and chart review has begun. Because the sample must be reproducible, the members remain in the eligible population but are removed from the sample and reflected in the denominator. Organizations should indicate the exclusions by reporting them as the number of administrative data records excluded. When the population is larger than the MRSS, replace those members with members from the oversample.

Remember that the denominator is used to calculate and report the measure. All exclusions and replacements are reflected in the denominator calculation. The following are examples:

Example 1:
Eligible population = 300
MRSS = 300
Oversample Rate = 0%
Oversample Records Number = 0
Number of administrative data records excluded = 3
Oversample Records Added = 0
Denominator = 297

Example 2:
Eligible population = 5,800
MRSS = 411
Oversample Rate = 5%
Oversample Record Number = 21
Number of administrative data records excluded = 11
Oversample Records Added = 11
Denominator = 411

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

Per General Guideline 32, there are two ways to apply exclusions after samples have been pulled and chart review has begun. Because the sample must be reproducible, the members remain in the eligible population but are removed from the sample and reflected in the denominator. Organizations should indicate the exclusions by reporting them as the number of administrative data records excluded. When the population is larger than the MRSS, replace those members with members from the oversample.

Remember that the denominator is used to calculate and report the measure. All exclusions and replacements are reflected in the denominator calculation. The following are examples:

Example 1:
Eligible population = 300
MRSS = 300
Oversample Rate = 0%
Oversample Records Number = 0
Number of administrative data records excluded = 3
Oversample Records Added = 0
Denominator = 297

Example 2:
Eligible population = 5,800
MRSS = 411
Oversample Rate = 5%
Oversample Record Number = 21
Number of administrative data records excluded = 11
Oversample Records Added = 11
Denominator = 411

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

The guideline for deceased members (General Guideline 18) is a member-level exclusion. For episode-based measures, if one event does not meet numerator criteria, and the organization chooses to use this optional exclusion, remove all member events/episodes from the measure.

Note: This re-issued FAQ only applies to MY 2022 reporting.

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

No. Documentation of an “unknown” eye exam result does not meet criteria for hybrid reporting for the eye exam indicator of the CDC measure or the EED measure.

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

Yes. NCQA DAV data may be used as standard supplemental data if the auditor receives a completed current year’s Roadmap Section 5 from the reporting entity using the data. The Roadmap must explain how data from the validated DAV entity is transferred to the reporting entity and what the entity does to the data. The Roadmap is completed by the health plan; no documentation is required from the DAV entity except for the final list of validated ingestion sites and clusters, along with the date they were approved. If the reporting entity processes the validated CCD in any way after receipt, the auditor must validate the file back to the original validated CCD to ensure that no data were changed.
If an NCQA-validated DAV entity includes data from an unvalidated data cluster, the auditor must validate that data, following the nonstandard supplemental data guidelines, before the data can be used for HEDIS reporting. The auditor may not perform PSV on any validated data files.
The NCQA DAV data definition will be included in General Guideline 31 for MY 2022.

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

The APM measure may be used if it is relevant to the population. Because it applies to children and adolescents, it was removed from the factor 6 examples to align with the exception (factor 6 is NA if the organization’s membership does not include adult members).

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

Yes. Notifications (e.g. newsletters, member letters) sent to members indicating the TDD/TTY and language assistance services that are available are acceptable materials for factors 4 and 5.

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

The guideline for deceased members (General Guideline 18) is a member-level exclusion. For episode-based measures, if one event does not meet numerator criteria, and the organization chooses to use this optional exclusion, remove all member events/episodes from the measure.

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

No. Documentation of an “unknown” eye exam result does not meet criteria for hybrid reporting for the eye exam indicator of the CDC measure or the EED measure.

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

No. The number of numerator events by administrative data in eligible population, the number of required exclusions and the current year’s administrative rate data elements must remain frozen at the time of sampling and do not change with data refresh.

This applies to the following Programs and Years:

No. The number of numerator events by administrative data in eligible population, the number of required exclusions and the current year’s administrative rate data elements must remain frozen at the time of sampling and do not change with data refresh.

This applies to the following Programs and Years: